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Akan and Assamese


Assamese and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ghana   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Bangladesh, Bhutan   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

Interesting Facts
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
Not Available   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
11   
8

How Many Consonants
16   
6
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
meda ase   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
maadwo   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
maadwo   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
maakye   
suprobhaat   

Please
wae   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
Kafra   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
bye   
biḍai   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Fante   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Assam   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
15.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
Akan   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
akan   
assamais   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
15   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Assamese   

Language Position
104   
99+
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
asm   

ISO 639 3
aka   
asm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-w   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Akan and Assamese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Akan and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Akan and Assamese Speaking population

Akan and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Akan and Assamese on Akan vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Assamese Language Codes

Akan and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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